Ironing board



W. BACHRACH IRONING BOARD vFiled Jan. 3. 192! Patented Cet. 21, 1924,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BACHRACH, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB TO THE DEARBORN COM- '.PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COBPOEATION OF ILLINOIS.

IRONING BOARD.

Application led January 3, 1921.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM BACHRAGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to novel improvements in ironing boards and its object is to provide the board with attached supporting means to support the board irmly and rigidly in position for use and which means are adapted to be folded snugly and compactly against the under side of the board to facilitate packing and shipping and also to enable the board to be stored away in a narrow place when not in use.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a selected embodiment of the invention- Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the supporting means in folded position against the under side of the board.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the board in position for use.

Referring to the drawings 3 designates an ironing board of suitable size and shape adapted to be supported in position for use upon the two pairs of legs 4-4, These legs are pivotally connected to the board on its underside in any suitable manner and by any suitable means. In the drawings I have shown bars 6, 7, fastened to the underside of the board 3 and provided with downturned ends 6, 7', to receive pivot bolts 8, 9, by which the legs are pivotally connected to the bars. The bar 6 is located adjacent one end of the board and the bar 7 is located approximatelyv mid-- way between the ends of the board, and in order that these legs may form a substantial support for the board I provide that the legs 5 shall incline at a greater angle from the perpendicular than the legs 4 and for this purpose the legs 5 are of greater length than the legs 4. Braces 10 are pivotally connected at their ends 10, 10 to the legs 4 and 5 respectively and these braces extend diagonally downward from the braces Serial No. 434,466.

4 to the braces 5. The pivots 10 are located adjacent the upper pivoted ends of the legs 4 and the pivots 10 are located adjacent the lower ends of the legs 5 to form a firm and substantial and strong brace and to hold the legs firmly and rigidly in open, supporting positi-on. The legs 4 are strengthened by cross braces 11-11 and the legs 5 are similarly strengthened by cross braces 12-12. Brackets 13, 14 conveniently made of strap metal in V-shape are pivoted at 13, 14 to the legs 4 and 5 and these brackets are adapted to be folded snugly between the legs and to be swung upward to assist in supporting the board and to lock the legs in open position. The bracket 13 engages a stop 15 fastened to the underside of the board and the bracket 14 engages a spring detent 16 fastened to the underside of the board.

When the board is folded the legs 4 lie outside of the legs 5 and both pairs of legs fold snugly against the bottom of the board, the brackets 13, 14 lying between the legs and against the underside of the board, all as shown in Fig. 1. When the board is turned over the legs will drop by gravity into upright position and the bracket 13 will swing into position to engage the stop 15. There# upon the bracket 14 can be swung into operative engagement with the spring detcnt 15 to lock the legs in supporting position and thereby support the board firmly and rigidly in position for use.

My invention is simple but substantial in construction, it can be manufactured at coni-- paratively low cost, and it provides an ironing board which can be compactly folded tor storage and shipment and which when an ranged for use will stand firmly and rigidly in place to receive and accommodate the work.

I claim:

An ironing board comprisingl a top` opposite pairs of legs pivoted to the top, bracing means extending between and pivotally connected to the legs, substantially V-shaped brackets having their ends pivotally connected to the respective pairs of legs near the upper ends` thereof, a stop upon the under side of the top between one end thereof and the adjacent paii` of legs and disposed for engagement by the free intermedia-te portion of the adj acent bracket in the set up position fof the device, :and n 'spring detent =on the under-side vof the top between the opposite end of the top und the otheipair of legs and having an inclined portieri in position for engagement with the free in- 10 teimediate portion of the other bracket in the set up position of the device. 

